This week’s guests were Johnny’s WEST, Kamishiraishi Mone, Little Glee Monster, AKB48, King Gnu, Jaejoong, and Makihara Noriyuki.

Johnny’s WEST – Ame Nochi Hare

Kamishiraishi Mone – Happy End

Little Glee Monster – Sekai wa Anata ni Waraikakete Iru / Dango 3 Kyodai

AKB48 – Watashi Datte Idol! / Koisuru Fortune Cookie

King Gnu – Hakujitsu

Jaejoong – Kesho

Makihara Noriyuki – Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana

Television host and actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi has been selected as one of the latest images models for popular fast-fashion chain h&m!

At 85 years young she is one of the oldest celebrity models to do a campaign for the company. Over the course of her career Tetsuko became one of the most beloved, and popular Japanese television personalities of all time, breaking down many boundaries in the industry.

Tetsuko became the very first Japanese actress to be contracted with NHK. She further went on to make history with her extremely popular television show ” Tetsuko no Heya” (Tetsuko’s Room). Making it’s debut in 1975, it was Japan’s very first talk show.

Actor Hiro Mizushima made a very exciting announcement on his official Instagram account! His wife Ayaka is currently pregnant with their second child! He uploaded a picture with Ayaka’s belly, and their daughters hand touching it.

Ayaka posted the same picture on her official Instagram with a bit more information. Their second child is scheduled to be born sometime in the autumn. She wants to take it easy and hopes the baby is born healthy, but will still continue her music activities as she still has a desire to sing. Ayaka currently plans to continue activities until around summer time.

Party queen Ayumi Hamasaki has unveiled the merchandise for her upcoming tour, “ayumi hamasaki TROUBLE TOUR 2019-2020 -misunderstood“.

A select few pieces are an official collaboration with the beloved American cartoon character Betty Boop.

The “updated” version of Betty Boop was created specially for Ayu, with rumors swirling that it took designers days (months?) to come up with the new look. Ayu’s Betty Boop has the same face as the original, but her version has blonde hair AND a ponytail.

Johnny’s group Kis-My-Ft2 has released their 8th studio album! Known for their “unique” name, the group decided to go with an equally unique name for their new album.

“FREE HUGS!” was released on April 24th, 2019. The groups hit singles “Kimi wo Daisuki da” and “Kimi Boku” are on the album, along with a plethora of new songs bringing the tracklist total to 15. One of the big highlights for fans is a new song both written and composed by Kis-My-Ft2 member Hiromitsu Kitayama.

Fans have three options when purchasing the album. A standard CD only, and two limited edition CD+DVDs.

This week, Last Idol topped the Combined Single chart with their new single “Otona Survivor”, with 73,898 points in its first week.

Nogizaka46 topped the Combined Album chart with his debut Japanese album “Ima ga Omoide ni Naru Made”, with 453,646 points in its first week.

Last Idol also topped the Single chart with “Otona Survivor”, selling 73,277 copies in its first week.

Nogizaka46 also topped the Album chart with “Ima ga Omoide ni Naru Made”, selling 446,618 copies in its first week.

Aimyon topped the Digital Single chart with her single “Haru no Hi”, selling 25,832 copies in its third week.

THE YELLOW MONKEY topped the Digital Album chart with their new album “9999”, selling 12,245 copies in its first week.

Aimyon also topped the Streaming chart for the 16th consecutive week with her single “Marigold”, with 2,501,287 streams in the chart’s 19th week.

Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw King & Prince defeat back number and Aimyon. Aimyon is back this week, facing off against a newcomer and a blast from the past. Find out what Ronald thought of the songs that topped the singles charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!

Singer/songwriter KERA will be releasing a new studio album titled “LANDSCAPE” on May 8th. “LANDSCAPE” comes nearly three-and-a-half years after his previous record “Brown, White & Black” and will be similarly inspired by the classic jazz of the 1920s and 30s.

The album will include 13 songs, comprised of a mixture of original tracks and covers – mostly of oldies, though both BOOWY’s “B BLUE” and Kyu Sakamoto’s “Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi wo” will also make an appearance. Ahead of its release, a music video for lead track “Kinema Bravo” – which is meant to evoke the same era as the music – has been uploaded to KERA’s YouTube channel.

Read on below to find this classic film-inspired PV, as well as the cover and complete track list for “LANDSCAPE”.